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XXVI. LEGUMINOS^ : VICIEiE. 



[ Vicia. 



tuft of hair beneath the stigma. — Leaves usiiallt/ vnth tendrils,-^ 

 Name originally derived, according toTheis, from Gwig^ Ceitic- 

 whence also Wichen m German, ^ikiov in Greek, Vesce in French' 

 and Vetch in English. ' 



* Peduncles shorty axillary, few -flowered. Calyx eqnal at the base. Style 

 with a dense tuft of hairs beneath the stiyrna, Cybospermum. 



1. V. lathyroides L. (Spring V.) ; flowers sessile sohtary 

 leaflets 2 — 6 lower ones retuse, stipules entire not impressed 

 with a spot, calyx-teeth subulate, standard glabrous, leo-umes 

 linear glabrous, seeds nearly cubical tubercled. E. B. trso. 



Road-sides and dry pastures, not unfrequent. ©. 4 6 Much 



resembling a starved state pf V. sativa, or especially V, anyustifoUa ^ 

 from both of which it may be known by its calyx with narrower teeth 

 and not gibbous at the base, the smaller, more purple /ozi^er, scarcely 

 so large as the leaflets, with a less reflexed vexillum, and by the rouo-h 

 or dotted seeds. Here, too, the leaflets are fewer on a petiole, the 

 tendril is simple, the stem procumbent. 



** Peduncles short, few-flowered. Calyx gibbous at the base on one side. 



Style with a dense tuft of hairs beneath the stigma, Euvicia. 



2. y. sativa L. {common V.) ; flowers 1—2 axillary nearly 

 sessile, leaflets 6—10 lower ones retuse or obcordate upper ones 

 often nan^ower or linear, stipules toothed with a more or less 



evident spot, calyx-teeth lanceolate-subulate, standard glabrous, 

 legumes linear pubescent or rarely glabrous, seeds globose 

 smooth.— a. sativa; upper leaflets elliptic-oblong, flowers usually 

 in pairs, pods erect. E. B. t. 334.-/3 

 leaflets narrower, flowers usually solitary, pods spreading. 



_ __ . _ _. V. Eobartii ForsL: 



E. B. S. t. 970« 



iifoUa 



V. angustifolia Roth. : E. B, S. t. 2614. 



a. Cultivated ground, frequent. — jS. Dry pastures In a sandy or 

 gravelly soil. © or $. 5, 6, — Flowers purple and blue or red par- 

 ticularly in the small varieties. Hilum of the seed long, linear. Our 

 var, a. we have nowhere seen in a perfectly wild state; it is that 

 commonly cultivated. The jS. has smaller flowers ; it is supposed by 

 some to include two species, but by cultivating K Bobartii, we ob- 

 served it pass into V, angustifolia. 



3. V. sepiitm L, {Bush V-) ; racemes 4— 6-flowered nearly 

 sessile, calyx-teeth unequal, legumes upright glabrous, leaflets 

 4—8 pairs o\^ate obtuse gradually smaller upwards upon the 



petiole. E. B. t. 1515. 



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Woods and sliady places, frequent. U • GS. — Stem 1 — 2 ft. high. 



Leaflets large. 



Standard glabrous. 



Hilujn of seed long, linear. 



(smooth-podded F.) 



sessile, calyx-teeth nearly equal, standard glabrous, legumes 



